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Archive: September 2013 (21 Posts)

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DPOE Train the Trainer, Alaska Edition

Posted by: Butch Lazorchak

The following is a guest post by Jeanette Altman, a Digital Projects Professional at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. For many Alaskans, it’s not uncommon to be just slightly out of step with the rest of America. Things that might be easily obtainable Outside (that’s the Lower 48 to you) come at a premium here. …

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Content Matters: An Interview with Edward McCain of the Reynolds Journalism Institute

Posted by: Mike Ashenfelder

For this installment of the Content Matters interview series of the National Digital Stewardship Alliance Content Working Group I interviewed Edward McCain, digital curator of journalism at the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute and the University of Missouri Libraries. The University of Missouri Libraries joined the NDSA this past summer. Ashenfelder: What is RJI’s relationship to …

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Society of American Archivists Awards ANADP conference paper with the 2013 Preservation Publication Award

Posted by: Butch Lazorchak

The following is a guest post from Michael Mastrangelo, a Program Support Assistant in the Office of Strategic Initiatives at the Library of Congress. During the Society of American Archivists Annual Conference in New Orleans in August, the NDIIPP-supported initiative Aligning National Approaches to Digital Preservation (ANADP), received the prestigious  Preservation Publication Award for 2013. …

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NDSR Digital Content Immersion Workshop

Posted by: Susan Manus

The following is a guest post by Lyssette Vazquez-Rodriguez, Program Support Assistant & Valeria Pina, Communications Assistant This is the second part of a three part series of posts about the 2013-2014 NDSR class, read the first part here. As part of the nine-month National Digital Stewardship Residency program, the residents recently completed their two …

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71 Digital Portals to State History

Posted by: Bill LeFurgy

A recent NDIIPP intern, Ingrid Jernudd, did some research into current web resources that provide digital access to a broad array of primary source materials at the state level. She prepared a list of sites that billed themselves as general-interest portals to historical resources. Although the list is likely incomplete, I was surprised she found …

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Come see us at the National Book Festival

Posted by: Abbey Potter

If you’re in DC this weekend make sure to stop by the 2013 Library of Congress National Book Festival on the National Mall. Authors, poets, illustrators and several Library of Congress programs will be featured over two days, Saturday and Sunday, September 21 – 22, 2013. NDIIPP staff will be in the Library of Congress …

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Perspectives from a Recent Graduate: Combining Theory with Practice

Posted by: Erin Engle

The following is a guest post by Carlos Martinez III, a program support assistant in the Library of Congress Office of Strategic Initiatives and a recent graduate of the Catholic University of America’s Library and Information Science Masters Program. Digital technologies have become an integral part of everyday life, influencing and changing the way information …

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Digital Studies Fellowship Opportunity at the Library of Congress

Posted by: Trevor Owens

The John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress has announced a new set of Kluge Fellowship in Digital Studies to examine the impact of the digital revolution on society, culture and international relations using the Library’s collections and resources. I am thrilled to have the chance to talk with Jason Steinhauer, Program Specialist …